Social Responsibility Orientation and Startup Employment Outcomes (with Matthew Lee). Conditionally Accepted at Strategic Management Journal
Status Selectivity: The Role of Candidate Status and Gender in Startup Job Applications (with Tristan Botelho). Revise-and-Resubmit, Organization Science
Target Startup’s Organizational Structure and Acquirer’s Integration-Separation Decision (with Ronnie Lee). Revise-and-Resubmit, Strategic Management Journal
Founders' Impact on Startup Employee Retention (with Minjae Kim)
Firm Growth and Stagnation in the United States: Key Trends and New Data Opportunities (with John Haltiwanger, Joonkyu Choi, and Nathan Goldschlag) [Link]. Strategic Management Journal (Forthcoming)
Early Joiners and Startup Performance (with Joonkyu Choi, John Haltiwanger, and Nathan Goldschlag). Review of Economics and Statistics, 107(6): 1485-1500, 2025 [Link]
Mentioned in: Wall Street Journal, NBER BulletinStartup Hiring through Firm-Driven Search: Evidence from VFA (with Mike Pergler). Strategic Management Journal, 46(8): 1829-2048, 2025 [Link]
Recognition: Best Interdisciplinary Paper Award (Finalist), Strategic Human Capital IG, SMS Annual Conference 2021Mentioned in: Knowledge at WhartonWhen Do Startups Scale? Large-scale Evidence (with Ronnie Lee). Strategic Management Journal, 45(9): 1633-1669, 2024 [Link]
Mentioned in: Strategic Management Society, Knowledge at WhartonStartup Acquisitions as a Hiring Strategy: Turnover Differences Between Acquired and Regular Hires. Strategy Science , 9(2): 118-134, 2024 [Link]
Mentioned in: Wall Street Journal, MIT Sloan NewsFounder Turnover and Organizational Change (with Minjae Kim). Organization Science, 35(1): 259-280, 2024 [Link]
Recognition: Best Entrepreneurship Paper Award, OMT Division, Academy of Management 2021Startup Acquisitions, Relocation, and Employee Entrepreneurship. Strategic Management Journal, 43(11):2189-2216, 2022 (Lead Article) [Link]
Recognition: Best Paper Prize, SMS Annual Conference 2020Immigration and Entrepreneurship in the US (with Pierre Azoulay, Benjamin Jones, and Javier Miranda), American Economic Review: Insights, 4(1): 71-88, 2022 [Link]
Mentioned in: The White House (Economic Report of the President), Quartz, Knowledge at WhartonAge and High-Growth Entrepreneurship (with Pierre Azoulay, Benjamin Jones, and Javier Miranda), American Economic Review: Insights, 2(1): 65-82, 2020 [Link]
Mentioned in: The New York Times, The Washington Post, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, World Economic Forum, Financial Times, Forbes, Quartz, NBER Digest, MIT Sloan NewsIs There a Startup Wage Premium? Evidence from MIT Graduates, Research Policy, 47(3): 637-649, 2018 [Link]
When Should Startups Scale? (with Ronnie Lee), Harvard Business Review (HBR.org), 2024 [Link]
The Challenge of Retaining Startup Talent After an Acquisition, Harvard Business Review (HBR.org), 2024 [Link]
Servicification in the US Economy: The Role of Startups versus Incumbent Firms (with Mercedes Delgado and Karen Mills), NBER Volume: The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth, 2020 [Link]
Entrepreneurship and Innovation at MIT: Continuing Global Growth and Impact (with Edward Roberts and Fiona Murray), Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 15(1):1-55, 2019 [Link]
The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder Is 45 (with Pierre Azoulay, Benjamin Jones, and Javier Miranda), Harvard Business Review (HBR.org), 2018 [Link]
Venture Careers (with Elaine Pak)
Geographic Expansion and Hiring Strategy Among Ventures (with Liinus Hietaniemi)
Entrepreneurship in India (with Anusha Sirigiri)